Yup, I like colourscapes
Artist Self: Wow it's the first time today I can actually hear you.
Trying to Understand Self: Ya, I just didn't, so I didn't.
AS: Fair enough.
You're here now, what's happened?
TTUS: I like colourscapes.
AS: Good on you.
Nestled in the quiet streets of Mayfair London, Gagosian is showing Brice Marden.
Location: Gagosian Grovensnor Hill
Exhibition: Brice Marden
AS: So, what do you think?
TTUS: I think I couldn't push open that extremely heavy door and the security laughed at me whilst she watched me struggle. 🤷♀️
AS: It's very green isn't it.
TTUS: Yes. SHHHH go away. I'm looking. AND no music... what?!
There's something so peaceful about this show.
Look at the way the canvas is treated.
The sides are painted and not left raw, the ratio of what is painted juxtaposing where it was scrapped off with drip marks.
The pieces are about the surface, and it's beautiful.
AS: Yes and the room to breathe is nice. What I also find interesting is the very dark brown wooden flooring with the greenery.
TTUS: Like tree colours?
AS: Mmhmmm
AS: Definitely tree colours.
The juxtaposition (ugh I love this word too much and also recontextualisation) of the colours of "nature" in an industrial context is posing a very interesting relationship.
Not to mention also the location of the gallery (Mayfair, fancy fancy) and also the gallery itself being a a blue chip (aka fancy shmancy gallery).
Hmmm these relationships remind me of the book Zoom by Istvan Banyai.
The book is described on Amazon : Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai's sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures within pictures, which will tease and delight readers of all ages.
AS: I think its fair to say that most art experiences are similar to Zoom.
Things which seem unrelated are actually related. This is shown on the canvas, in the gallery, and mostly the relationship between the gallery space the pieces shown.
TTUS: Yup.
AS: There is something so calming about looking at these colours.
There's also something so satisfying in looking at colourscapes.
TTUS: Yes. Despite it is abstract and open to interpretation, looking at the surfaces to see how it was treated is very comforting.
AS: Especially for something who can't paint. I very much appreciate blocks of colour on a canvas. It isn't confrontational to my lack of abilities to load a brush with paint and brush onto a canvas.
TTUS: Ya. You sucked at painting.
AS: It definitely wasn't my medium.
In conclusion: Love a good colour block on canvas.
Task: Must seek out more to stare at and find the relationship in a gallery.
